Photo by Vince Fedoroff
COLLISION SCENE – A northbound Kia Rio (right) collided with a Chrysler Cirrus (left) attempting to turn left onto the Alaska Highway from Wann Road.
Driver hospitalized with minor injuries
Two vehicles collided late Friday afternoon on the Alaska Highway at Wann Road in Porter Creek.
Two vehicles collided late Friday afternoon on the Alaska Highway at Wann Road in Porter Creek.
The accident, which took place at around 5:30 p.m., was attended by Whitehorse RCMP and other emergency response personnel.
A northbound Kia Rio collided with a Chrysler Cirrus that was turning left onto the highway from Wann Road.
Each vehicle had one driver and no passengers, police said.
The Kia driver was assessed onsite by EMS and released.
The Chrysler driver was taken to the Whitehorse General Hospital with minor injuries.
Alcohol is not being considered a factor, police indicated.
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Charles on Sep 27, 2016 at 12:10 am
Ugly intersection. Time the pedestrian lights were turned into demand lights or activated at peak times only. Hesitate to call it a rush hour, but at busy times one can wait up to 10 minutes to turn left from Wann Rd so impatience kicks in or there is a passenger who pops out & pushes pedestrian button to stop hwy traffic. Also some northbound traffic still have rt turn signal on because it hasn't self cancelled from turning at top of 2 Mile Hill. Add in the rt turn lane on highway that also covers a previous rt turn so difficult to tell when northbound is going to turn or whether it will; the idiots who turn left from Goody's, & traffic turning rt from Wann blocking vision from southbound vehicles & you have a recipe for disaster.
Surprised there are not more accidents or pedestrians aren't hit because hwy red usually only operates during school opening/closing & drivers fail to see it because they don't expect it. Fix it COW traffic people! 12th & hwy is another messy issue at peak times; one set of fully functioning lights at Wann would solve a lot for PC residents turning left on to hwy.